See also:

• JAN

JAN See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

JACOB LODEWIJK TEN KATE (1819-1889)  , Dutch divine, See also:

• PROSE

prose writer and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at The See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague on the 23rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1819 . He started in See also:

• LIFE

life as a lawyer's clerk . It was his friend, Dr Heldring, pastor at Hemmen, in Gelder-See also:

• LAND

land, who, discovering in Ten Kate the germs of poetical See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, enabled him to study See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology at the university of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht (1838-43) . Having completed his studies, Ten Kate became pastor at See also:

• MIDDELBURG

Middelburg, See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, and other places, meanwhile developing well-nigh ceaseless activity, both in prose and lyric See also:

• POETRY

poetry . Among his prose See also:

• WORKS

works may be mentioned the travel papers (See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, 1861; See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, 1857–62), Christelijke Overdenkingen (" Thoughts of a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian," 1849–52), and other religious studies . His See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early poetry was in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• ORIGINAL

original . The best known of his poems were—See also:

• AHASUERUS (the Latinized form of the Hebrew siSi nte; in LXX. 'AQ rofrgpos, once in Tobit 'Ao o pos)

Ahasuerus op de Grimsel (" Ahasuerus on the Grimsel," 1840) ; Zangen See also:

• DES

des Tijds (" Songs of the Times," 1841); Legenden en Mengelpoezie (" Legends and Detached Poems," 1846); In den Bloemhof (" In the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

Flower See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden," 1851); De Schepping (" The Creation," 1866); De Planeten (" The See also:

• PLANETS, MINOR

Planets," 1869); De Jaargetijden (" The Seasons," 1871); De Psalmen (" The See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms," 1874); De Vrouw in het Nederlandsch Lied (" Woman in Dutch See also:

• SONG

Song," 1882); Palmtakken en Dichthloemen (" See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

Palm-branches and See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

Flowers of Poesy," 1884) . Ten Kate reached the See also:

• PINNACLE (from Lat. pinnaculum, a little feather, pinna; the Gr. rrspirylov, diminutive of irsipuE, wing, is also used in this sense)

pinnacle of his poetic fame in The Creation, The Planets, and The Seasons . These poems certainly show a masterly grasp of his See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue and a wonderful facility of expression, coupled with graceful vigour and fertile See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy . These qualities he also plentifully displayed in the innumerable traabslations he made of many of the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-pieces of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign poetry in nearly every See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . He had not only an extraordinary aptitude for learning See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien idioms, but also the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of translating foreign lyrics into clear, fluent and beautiful Dutch See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . Ten Kate's versatility in this respect has never been equalled; it extended from See also:

• TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso and See also:

• ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN (1805-1875)

Andersen to See also:

• DANTE

Dante, See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller, See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo, See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson and See also:

• LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH (1807-1882)

Longfellow .

Ten Kate died at Amsterdam on the 24th of December 1889 . His See also:

• COMPLETE

complete Poetic Works were published after his See also:

• DEATH

death in 12 volumes (See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 1891) .